Horké léto (Hot Summer) is a point and click video game. Developed by Czech studio Maxon, it was published in 1998 by JRC Interactive. A sequel, entitled Horké léto 2, was developed by Centauri Production and published in 1999 by JRC Interactive. A third game Žhavé léto 3 ½ is an action/adventure/driving game developed by Centauri Production and CINEMAX, published by Akella in 2006, which although unable to use the characters and titles of the first two games was related and rounded off what was effectively a trilogy. Žhavé léto 3 ½ was published in English, Spanish, French and German as Evil Days of Luckless John and in Russian as Сорвать Куш.
The graphics for the video game were created by Marek Píša. Píša and Viktor Bocan also participated in the screenplay writing. Sound and music were created by William Foldes. Most characters, excluding some female ones, were voiced by comedian Zdeněk Izer, a notable Czech impersonator. The game shares a humorous style that can seen across several Czech adventures, such as Polda. Horké léto was the first Czech game with professional dubbing. The game's most famous quote comes in its opening scene: "I am an ordinary kid. Guys call me Rambo and girls [call me] asshole. Otherwise, I'm Majer. Honza Majer". Like many other domestic video games of the era, Horke Leto was intended to appeal directly to Czech and Slovak players. The game became a phenomenon upon its release and it immediately ranked among the most popular Czech adventures. In 2003, however, Petr Ticháček wrote that the fan base of the game had heavily diminished.
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Horké léto je česká adventura z roku 1998. Jednalo se o nejprodávanější českou hru roku. Vytvořilo ji studio Maxon a distribuovalo JRC. Celá hra je nadabovaná bavičem Zdeňkem Izerem. Další dva díly již vytvořilo Centauri Production.
Hra je naprogramovaná pro MS-DOS v rozlišení 640x480 a obsahuje 43 herních obrazovek. Horké léto je klasická point and click adventura. Hra se ovládá myší, přičemž hráč hledá a sbírá různé předměty a ty jinde využije, aby se dostal dál. Předměty se ukládají do inventáře, a tam je může i vzájemně použít, aby vznikl nový předmět.
Hlavní postavou je Honza Majer z Prahy, který se na začátku hry představí se slovy: „Jsem obyčejnej kluk. Kluci mi říkaj Rambo a holky kreténe. Jinak jsem Majer. Honza Majer“. Jeho otec je profesor botaniky a vydá se spolu se svou rodinou, včetně Honzy, na jeden ostrov v Pacifiku studovat místní flóru. Rodina je však zajata lidožrouty, a tak je Honza, který se zrovna schovával před prací v pralese, musí zachránit.
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- Tested on MS-DOS machine Pentium MMX 233MHz, 64MB RAM, Sound Blaster 16 CT2950 and S3 Virge DX 4MB
- Game contain CZECH dubbing and subtitles